Lily #C19FB3

Lily (#C19FB3) is a light, muted magenta with an OKLCH hue of 342°, lightness 0.74 and chroma 0.048. It sits on the transitional side of the color wheel. In practice it behaves as a mid-weight working color for secondary surfaces and editorial blocks.

Color values

HEX#C19FB3
RGBrgb(193, 159, 179)
HSLhsl(325, 22%, 69%)
HSVhsv(325, 18%, 76%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 18%, 7%, 24%)
CIE Lablab(69 15.9 -5.6)
OKLCHoklch(0.739 0.048 342)

How Lily behaves under real light

Under warm 2700K interior light Lily shifts subtly: drifts toward pink; in north-facing or shaded light it shifts subtly: leans toward purple. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 1.8), so it is a lighting-stable choice.

Test Lily in the color lighting simulator — sweep it through daylight, warm 2700K light, 4000K LED, and shade alongside the rest of your palette.

Contrast & accessibility

Against white it measures 2.37:1 and against black 8.88:1, so black text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text. Avoid white text on this color entirely.

Colors that go with Lily

Tonal

One color explored: close hues with real lightness and chroma structure, so the palette is the anchor through value rather than a set of colors.

#ffebf7 · #dfbed1 · #c19fb3 · #907384 · #6a505f · #46303d

Analogous

The anchor's neighbours on the wheel — everything shares an undertone, so the chord carries color without anything having to be muted to get along.

#f5c2c5 · #e2acbd · #c19fb3 · #af89af · #927ba3 · #766e94

Shifted

The mid-gap pairing — sage and mustard, terracotta and olive. A foil rotated 40–65° toward warm or cool: too far to be kin, too near to argue, carried by temperature and a deliberate value offset.

#c19fb3 · #a1847d · #896079 · #764236 · #4d2b40 · #301712

Contrast

One deliberately opposed voice — a single restrained counterpoint across the wheel, or temperature against temperature where the anchor is too muted to carry a loud opposite.

#ffebf6 · #d9c8d1 · #c19fb3 · #5d977b · #79606f · #55454e

Quiet Support

The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.

#ecf4f0 · #c19fb3 · #968b91 · #525755 · #2a2026 · #000101

Bright Accent

This color as a ground rather than a subject — its own restraint held across a narrow value band, carrying one saturated voice from the opposite temperature.

#fbedf5 · #c19fb3 · #4d3845 · #2f1b27 · #0b0006 · #e15bb6

Gold Accent

The same quiet ground carrying one bright gold voice — the high-energy pairing a cool or muted anchor cannot reach through its own temperature.

#fbedf5 · #c19fb3 · #4d3845 · #2f1b27 · #0b0006 · #dfc34d

Complementary

The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.

#e5f7ed · #c19fb3 · #6d9b84 · #286349 · #002b1a · #040002

Split-complementary

The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.

#e5f7ed · #c19fb3 · #819771 · #0a6361 · #172905 · #000202

Triadic

Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.

#f4f3e2 · #c19fb3 · #969166 · #185f74 · #002834 · #050300

Tetradic

Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.

#fcf0e2 · #c19fb3 · #a68966 · #286349 · #082441 · #000602

Tints, shades & muted variants

Tints

#CBACBE · #D5BAC9 · #DEC8D5 · #E8D6E0 · #F2E4EC

Shades

#9F8193 · #7F6474 · #604957 · #432F3B · #271821

Muted

#BCA2B1 · #B8A4AF · #B3A6AE

Using Lily

Its moderate chroma lets it work in mid-size areas — upholstery, secondary UI surfaces, editorial blocks — without overwhelming neighbors. In palettes it pairs most predictably with its tonal ramp and analogous neighbors; reserve the complementary hue for small, deliberate contrast.

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